State size comparison
compared to
Maine is around the same size as South Carolina.
South Carolina is approximately 77,983 sq km,
while Maine is approximately 79,931 sq km, making
Maine 2% larger than South Carolina.
Meanwhile, the population of South Carolina is ~4.6 million people
(3.3 million fewer people live in Maine).
This to-scale comparison of
South Carolina
vs.
Maine
uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.
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